October 13th, 2015

Is a Global Quantitative Assessment of Shark Populations Warranted ?

Is a Global Quantitative Assessment of Shark Populations Warranted ?

Published online on 12. October 2015 Is a Global Quantitative Assessment of Shark Populations Warranted ? Matias Braccini ABSTRACT: A recent global quantitative assessment suggested that “the majority of shark populations will continue to decline under current fishing pressure” (Worm et al. 2013:198) and concluded that global shark mortality needs to be drastically reduced to

DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks

DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks

Published on 12. October 2015 DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks Chenhong Li, Shannon Corrigan, Lei Yang, Nicolas Straube, Mark Harris, Michael Hofreiter, William T. White, Gavin J. P. Naylor ABSTRACT: For over a hundred years, the “river sharks” of the genus Glyphis were only known from the type specimens of